Powerful, Oscar-winning biopic of Ron Kovic, a patriotic all-American boy who returned from the war in Vietnam with terrible injuries and became a committed anti-war campaigner. The teenage Kovic is raring to fight for his country, but his battle injuries earn him a horrific spell in an ill-equipped hospital, and he returns home – in a wheelchair – a changed man. Kovic co-wrote the screenplay with Oliver Stone., Director Oliver Stone’s harrowing, double-Oscar-winning Vietnam War drama, which tells the true story of crusading veteran Ron Kovic., Oliver Stone’s powerful biography about Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic who returns from battle to become an active anti-war campaigner., When Ron Kovic went to fight in Vietnam, his fellow Americans were waving flags; when he returned, paralysed from the mid chest down, they were burning them. He still loved his country. But America no longer loved him. Ron must find the courage to create a new life when the world of his youth has been shattered beyond repair., Paralysed in the Vietnam War, a disillusioned soldier becomes a political activist on the front line of a campaign to support human rights. Based on the biography of patriot, turned political activist, Ron Kovic. Oscar-winning drama., The true story of Ron Kovic, a patriotic, All-American small town athlete who shocks his family by enlisting with the Marines to fight in the Vietnam War. Once he is overseas, however, Kovic’s gung-ho enthusiasm turns to horror and confusion when he accidentally kills one of his own men in a firefight. His downfall is furthered by a bullet wound that leaves him paralyzed from the chest down., The second of three films by co-writer/director Oliver Stone to explore the effects of the Vietnam War (Platoon and Heaven and Earth are the others), Born On The Fourth Of July tells the true story of Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise), a patriotic, All-American small town athlete who shocks his family by enlisting with the Marines to fight in the Vietnam War. Once he is overseas, however, Kovic’s gung-ho enthusiasm turns to horror and confusion when he accidentally kills one of his own men in a firefight. His downfall is furthered by a bullet wound that leaves him paralyzed from the chest down. He returns home, spends an appalling, nightmarish stint in a veterans’ hospital, and follows an increasingly disillusioned and fragmented path that ultimately leaves him drunk and dissolute in Mexico. However, Kovic somehow turns himself around and pulls his life together, becoming an outspoken anti-war activist in the process. The film is long but emotionally powerful; many consider it Stone’s best work and Cruise’s best performance. Both were nominated for Oscars, as was the film itself, but only Stone, who co-wrote the film with Kovic from the latter’s book, won for Best Director., Oliver Stone’s docudrama about paralyzed Vietnam vet Ron Kovic, who tries to reconcile memories of his idealistic youth with his post-war disillusionment., Director Oliver Stone’s harrowing, double Oscar-winning Vietnam War drama, tells the true story of crusading paralysed veteran Ron Kovic., Powerful, Oscar-winning biopic of Ron Kovic, a patriotic all-American boy who returned from the war in Vietnam with horrific injuries and became a committed anti-war campaigner. The teenage Kovic is raring to fight for his country, but his injuries win him a horrific spell in an ill-equipped veterans’ hospital, and he returns home in a wheelchair a changed man. Kovic co-wrote the screenplay with Oliver Stone.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Born on the Fourth of July ” ?
A: The main cast includes Tom Cruise,Kyra Sedgwick,Raymond J. Barry,Caroline Kava,Willem Dafoe,Jerry Levine,Frank Whaley,Bryan Larkin,Josh Evans,Stephen Baldwin,Seth Allen,Jamie Talisman,Sean Stone,Anne Bobby,Jenna von Oÿ,Samantha Larkin,Erika Geminder,Tom Berenger,Vivica A. Fox,Amanda Davis,Kevin Harvey Morse,Jessica Prunell,Jason Klein,Lane R. Davis,Richard Panebianco,Johnny Pinto,Robert Camilletti,J.R. Nutt,Christopher Walker,Philip Amelio,Michael McTighe,Cody Beard,Ryan Beadle,Harold Woloschin,Richard Grusin,Mel Allen,Ed Lauter,Liz Moore,Sean McGraw,Oliver Stone,Dale Dye,Norma Moore,Stacey Moseley,Bob Tillotson,John Getz,David Warshofsky,Jason Gedrick,Michael Compotaro,Markus Flanagan,R.D. Call,Melvin Allen,Corkey Ford,Rocky Carroll,Willie Minor,Billie Neal,Richard Poe,Abbie Hoffman,Jake Weber,Reg E. Cathey,Edie Brickell,Keri Roebuck,Geoff Garza,Joseph Reidy,Holly Marie Combs,Melinda Ramos Renna,Cordelia González,Karen Newman,William Baldwin,Claude Brooks,Edith Díaz,Anthony Pena,Eduardo Ricardo,Tony Frank,Jayne Haynes,Lili Taylor,Elbert Lewis,Peter Crombie,Chuck Preiffer,Chip Moody,William Knight,Begona Plaza,David Carriere,John Galt,Jack McGee,Richard Haus,Mike Miller,Ellen Pasternack,Joy Zapata,Ron Kovic,Paul Abbott,Bill Allen,Bill Baldwin,Claudio Brook,Michael Smith Guess,James LeGros,William Mapother,Christopher W. Mills,Byron Minns,Ben Wright,John Falch,Dan Furnad,Fred Geise,Greg Hackbarth,Don Wilson,SaMi Chester,Chris Pedersen,Chris Walker,Dave Herman,Bruce MacVittie,Damien Leake,David Neidorf,Paul Sanchez,Richard Lubin,Norm Wilson,Peter Benson,Sergio Scognamiglio,Bob Gunton,Mark Moses,Mike Starr,Beau Starr,John Del Regno,Gale Mayron,Lisa Barnes,Tom Sizemore,Andrew Lauer,Michael Wincott,Ivan Kane,Ed Jupp Jr.,Michael Sulsona,Kevin McGuire,Ken Osborne,Alan Toy,Frank Girardeau,William Wallace,Eagle Eye Cherry,Brian Tarantina,Frank Cavestani,Jimmy L. Parker,Kristel Otney,Pamela S. Neill,Jodi Long,Michelle Hurst,John C. McGinley,Wayne Knight,Elizabeth Hoffman,Lucinda Jenney,Lorraine Morin-Torre,Annie McEnroe,Daniel Baldwin,Réal Andrews,Rob Camilletti,John William Galt,Michael Guess,Ron Kovic,Mel Allen,Joseph Reidy,Bruno Rubeo,Sharon Ilson,Clayton Townsend,David Brenner,Victor Kempster,Richard L. Johnson,Wylie Stateman,A. Kitman Ho,Gregory H. Watkins,Joe Hutshing,Michael Minkler,Robert Richardson,Tod A. Maitland,Oliver Stone,Derek R. Hill,William Curtin,Gil Arceo,Judy Ruskin,Gordon Smith.
Q: When Did the “Born on the Fourth of July” Released?
A: The Movie “Born on the Fourth of July” originally aired on 1989-12-20 and released in the year of 1989.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Born on the Fourth of July” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Born on the Fourth of July” ?
A: “Born on the Fourth of July” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
